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The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute is the first medical facility in West Virginia to implant the Medtronic Aurora™ Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (EV-ICD). The device offers a new option for patients at risk for sudden cardiac arrest or irregular heart rhythms. https://lnkd.in/eChREPfz
The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute has been named to Becker’s "100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Heart Programs."
WVU Hospitals — Ruby Memorial Hospital achieves fifth consecutive ranking as top hospital in West Virginia!
WVU Medicine is again recognized in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-2025 Best Hospitals, as seven member and affiliate hospitals are named “High Performing,” the highest possible distinction, for 16 procedures and conditions. “Our pledge to our patients has always been to provide them with the care they need where they need it. This recognition is proof positive that we’re delivering on that promise to bring the services that are most vital to our patients to them in their home communities,” Albert L. Wright, Jr., president and CEO of the WVU Health System, said. “My most sincere appreciation goes out to the dedicated teams who care for our patients and whose hard work make this recognition possible.” https://lnkd.in/egUERscd
Faculty and staff at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute and West Virginia University School of Medicine are mourning the loss of Abnash C. Jain, M.D., longtime cardiologist and professor, who passed away July 1st at the age of 88. https://lnkd.in/eDahfa8H
On episode 10 of Live Healthy WV: Thoracic surgeon Dr. Jason Lamb of the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute talks about the latest treatments – most of them minimally invasive – for the most common thoracic diseases.
Thoracic surgeon Nicholas Baker, M.D., is joining the WVU Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute at United Hospital Center, where he will begin seeing patients in August.
The 2024 Greater Morgantown Heart Walk is Saturday, June 8, 2024.
WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals has expanded its advanced cardiac services to include open-heart surgery in partnership with the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute.
I believe that device was approved by Boston scientific in 2013. Not new technology